Work abroad as an Au Pair in sundsvall Sweden

Family ID: 3401723

Children: 2 Children, 0 - 1 year old, 1 - 5 years old

City: Sundsvall / Town | More ⇩

Job Start: Dec 2024 - Jan 2025

Time of stay: 12-12 Months

Last action: 5 hours ago

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Welcome Letter to the Au Pair

Come join our adventure! We are an American family that recently moved to Sundsvall, Sweden. We have a 1.5 year old girl and a 4.5 year old boy that both attend förskola (preschool) during the day. The mother is here in Sweden with the children but the father is mainly in the USA due to work. We need someone who has energy and patience, loves being outside, is willing to read the same book over and over and is not easily upset by the things small children do. We eat mostly vegetarian at home and do not have a TV. The bus stop is about 500m away and can bring you to the city center in about 15 minutes. The same bus also takes you to Swedish classes and shopping areas.

Our children speak English and Urdu as well as some Spanish. The main language spoken at home is English. We are all learning Swedish.

An au pair who is happy with us will:

Enjoy hiking and being outside, even when it's cold. We live near some great trails and Sweden is famous for embracing the outdoors.

Bundle up the kids and get outside to play, even though it sometimes takes a while to put on all their layers!

Eat mostly vegetarian meals.

We are sensitive to odors. This means we don't add strong scents to our laundry and we expect you to not wear perfume around the house. We also expect you don't smoke, even off duty, as it's a strong smell.

Redirect and engage with children who are misbehaving. We believe behavior is a way of communication and that it's often how children let us know they need our love and attention.

Calmly handle unhappy kids, hold boundaries and still be patient. Our job is to keep these kids safe and sometimes that means doing things they don't understand or like.

Respond with patience and love. For example, if the toddler stubbornly pulls off her gloves, you know there's only going to be a few minutes before she comes to you in tears with cold fingers. You warm them up, put on her gloves, and dry her tears with a kiss.

Think carefully before making a rule or boundary. Is it hurting someone or something? Is it dangerous? Or maybe it's just annoying and weird, but it's okay. We let the kids do a lot of things, but we also have rules.

Be creative in ways to engage the kids, as we don't have a TV. Maybe it's a craft you saw on Tik Tok or you and the kids cook a meal together.

Share things from her culture with us, like food, stories and games.

Build houses and tents out of blankets and couch cushions and think quickly when one child breaks it and the other child gets mad

Always be prepared with snacks. Kids seem to always be hungry.

Be an adult member of the family. We live together and share the home.

Bring up problems and concerns, so that we can fix them together, even if it feels uncomfortable.

Be willing to work a few hours on either Saturday or Sunday of most weeks.

Understand that our schedule might change a bit when Dad is visiting from USA

Schedule her vacations to align with the times that we are in the USA

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Job Description

Au pair will help with the children on some evenings, including making snacks and dinner for the children, bath time and diaper changes. There is occasional weekend help needed too.

A typical day might look like this:

The kids wake up with full energy. You're in your room but can hear them, singing loudly and running around. In the mornings, we usually have a simple breakfast. Maybe oatmeal, waffles, or bread and cheese. You're welcome to eat with us or make your own breakfast. During the week, you take Swedish class from around 9-12 in the morning. You take the bus to class, sometimes bringing the children to preschool on your way to the bus stop. After your class, you get home and look in the fridge to find something you want to eat for lunch. The children come home around 3pm and the house is loud and full of life. You plan to play with them while Mom cooks dinner, but they just want mom, so you help in the kitchen. Everyone is in the kitchen together, trying to help, even the 1 year old. It's busy, but happy. There's a few tears when one child takes the water from the other child, the rice boils over and the kids beg to eat chocolate instead of dinner. Finally, everyone is fed, including you. Mom takes the kids to bed while you start cleaning up from dinner.

Two or three times a week you will work late, while Mom has some online work calls that are in different time zones. You're up past midnight, but scrolling on your phone and sitting on the couch, listening to make sure nobody wakes up. You hear a child wake up and go in, hoping to be able to quickly soothe them back to sleep.

Once a week, you're up early, around 6am. It's Mom's one day to sleep in. The kids come to you and say that they are excited for a special breakfast. You think quickly and decide to make something and put banana slices on the plate to make a silly face. You take them to school and head to your Swedish class.

We are a four person family: mom, dad, 4 year old boy and 1 year old girl. Most of the time, it's just 3 of us in Sweden, as Dad is mainly in the USA. Dad is originally from Pakistan, but is a US citizen. Mom is American.

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Family Information

Family has pets No

Family lives in Town

Parent's Age Group 30-45

Are you a single parent? No, our family has two parents

Nationality American

Languages spoken at home English, Urdu

Religion Muslim

Importance of religion Important

Employment Researcher / Engineer

People living in the house 4

Children's/people's age and gender 4 Year male
1 Year female

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Job Requirements

Working Hours (per week) 25 - 30

Pocket Money of Au Pair (per month) 600 USD

Required Gender Female

Duration of Stay 12-12 Months

Earliest Starting Date Dec 2024

Latest Starting Date Jan 2025

Looking for Au Pair

Children's/People's Age 0 - 1 year old, 1 - 5 years old

Children/People to take care of 2

Minimum Childcare Experience 200+

Preferred Nationalities No Preferences

Language Skills
English, Minimum Elementary (A2)
- or -
Spanish, Minimum Elementary (A2)

Education Level High school

Willing to pay/share the travel costs? Yes

Required Age 18-26

Accepts Smokers No

Taking care of special needs children/people required No

Taking care of pets required No

Swimming required No

Riding a bike required No

The applicant can attend language courses Yes

First Aid Training required Yes

Driving required No

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Family Description

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Accommodation

You have your own bedroom and a half-bathroom. The bathroom is not private, but the other family members generally do not use it. There is a room with a shared shower and a second bathroom with a tub/shower.